The Ugandan Jobline

Job Title:   Economist

Organisation: World Bank

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. The World Bank provides low-interest loans, zero to low-interest credits, and grants to developing countries. These support a wide array of investments in such areas as education, health, public administration, infrastructure, financial and private sector development, agriculture, and environmental and natural resource management. Some of our projects are co-financed with governments, other multilateral institutions, commercial banks, export credit agencies, and private sector investors.

Job Summary:   The MTI Global Practice is looking for a Senior Economist (GG) for the MTI work program in Tanzania. The position will be based in the World Bank Tanzania office. The MTI work program in Tanzania covers a wide range of activities from leading and contributing to lending operations, managing complex technical assistance and analytical activities, and maintaining day-to-day policy dialogue with the government. The MTI GP also supports the wider Tanzania country team across all global practices providing World Bank assistance to Tanzania. It also maintains a constant dialogue with experts and researchers in academia, the private sector, media, and development partners.

We are looking for an Economist to work on Uganda, based in Kampala. The Economist will be a core team member of the MTI East Africa team and will report to the Practice Manager (EAEM1). In the day-to-day work, he/she will contribute mostly to the Uganda MTI work program.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include monitoring and assessment of macroeconomic developments in Uganda and assisting in the preparation and supervision of MTI’s work program in Uganda. He/she will work closely with the Senior Economist and Lead Economist for Uganda to perform the following activities:
• Lead and/or contribute to the macroeconomic monitoring and the analysis on the country’s economic, financial and sector issues. Prepare briefs and just-in-time analytical notes;
• Use/run economic/financial models and toolkits using existing software packages, or Bank’s own models, to assess economic development and inform policy advice;
• Contribute to the design, preparation and implementation of lending operations in Uganda;
• Maintain the macroeconomic and financial database and regularly prepare updated medium-term macroeconomic projections for Uganda;
• Provide substantive inputs to the preparation and dissemination of analytical economic work and reporting on Uganda, including Uganda Economic Update, Country Climate and Development Report, Country Economic Memorandum, Public Finance Reviews, and the Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO); and participate in the preparation of the Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA);
• Contribute to the monitoring of the Performance and Policy Actions in Uganda under IDA’s Sustainable Development Finance Policy and overall debt development.
• Support the Country Management Unit (CMU) in the implementation of the World Bank’s Uganda program;
• Engage in policy dialogue with government of Uganda, develop and maintain active engagement with other development partners, private sector, local think tanks and researchers, in coordination with a range of World Bank sectoral teams;

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant for the World Bank Economist jobs should at least hold a Master’s degree (PhD preferred) in Economics with at least 5 years of relevant work experience;
• Strong technical and operational skills to lead or contribute to MTI tasks. Previous experience on debt and fiscal policy issues is a plus;
• First-hand knowledge of the Ugandan economy and strong understanding of key economic policy, especially fiscal and monetary policy issues, in Uganda;
• Familiarity with functioning of Ugandan government and knowledge of key stakeholders and local networks that influence economic policy making;
• Proven sense of initiative, results orientation, and leadership qualities, as well as effective teamwork skills;
• Strong communication skills in English, including ability to speak and write persuasively positions to colleagues, management and senior public officials, and to present ideas clearly and concisely;
• High level of personal and professional integrity.
• Strong ability to function well in a multi- cultural environment and working in teams.

Technical Proficiency

• A thorough understanding of macroeconomics and interlinkages between the various macroeconomic accounts;
• Skills and experience in working on economic policy issues and data analysis.
• Skills to conceptualize and conduct economic analyses and derive policy relevant findings;
• Ability to translate technical analyses of macroeconomic, debt, trade, fiscal policy, and growth into policy recommendations and cross-country lessons;
• Proficiency in basic econometric and statistical analysis and relevant software packages (STATA, E-views, or other statistical packages and MS Office programs, including Excel) is essential;

NB: The World Bank is committed to achieving diversity of gender, nationality, culture and educational background. Individuals with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply.  Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online at the link below 

Click Here

Deadline: 5th August 2024

For more of the latest jobs, please visit https://www.theugandanjobline.com or find us on our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/UgandanJobline

Related Jobs